The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-25 00:00:00

T aE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSO'..,IATN LIMITE Ar e authorised to receivelO appli ( cations fo r £2,800,00) Ai•u4l r ATIC A CertN.ficatee of Deb en t ure o f th e D GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (New York—Pennsylvania —Ohio). On e Millis Of which n Two Hundred Thousand Pounds The se certi k , eve been already applied for. redeemed at £9O for £lOO, to be parc,ates will be issued at ceut. Per an e n t u th m e end of three years, with Inter at . payable half-yearly, on the 15th of 14ayraatutedecil5thyof November in each year, the Interest being TI-IE CONSOLIDATED BANK (LIMITED), LONDON. TRUSTEES. Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P. John P. Kennard, Esq. Charles Mozley, Esq. BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, London and Maaehester. Messrs A, Heywood, Sons, and Co., Liverpool. MesOLICITOS srs Preshfields and Newman, Bank-buildings, Lon dun, E .C. k e zROKERS, t..1!8H3 Joshua 'Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel-court, Ir° R ta orton-street, London, E C. ,• SAtterth ' E 38 Throomorton-street, Lou liesd, L.C.waite, ,q., , a ", L B ' 2 . Al Pool, est T. Ti n l ey and Sons, 44, Br , wn's-buildings, Liver ch '-'r. er. shore an d Ki r k , 14, St. Ann ' s-Equare, Man- Th T e „ e -Lrnperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), crr,'Pared to receive Subscriptions for the above amount ertificates of Debentures, of which £1,200,000 have been already applied for. • fogt.,,Atlintic and Great Western Railway consists of the Th e Vag Divisions and Branches : 'ain Lin e in New York in Pennsylvania in Ohio .. 50 Miles, Extension in New York (Buffalo) • • • . 45 " to Oil Creek in Pennsylvania .. 35 •, " to Coil Regions in Ohio (New Lisbon) • • to UlevQland - .. 243 38a,' .. 20 „ .. 67 -16" i Also t e Total Mlles. se ete the Erie and Niagara Railway, belonging to same 44 error to 30 miles in length, is wholly in Canada, and secures orrnous coal traffic over 200 miles of the Atlantic and 1ie,74 Western, by whom it has been constructed, and ie Te eh iefly owned. with route of this Great Railway, connecting New York ch ange St. Louis, a di s t ance o f 1,200 m il es ( w i t h ou t F ree "a ° of carriages or break of gauge) passes through e., ‘ lit St ates, far re move d f rom th e scene o f war . Th e ‘41 1 4 3 floW completed, and in possession of a traffic las t C tis may fairly be called extraordinary. For September ta e l l ` L e gross earnings on 322 miles open were, at ordinary . of t h at lge, at the rate of £1,100,000 per annum (exclusive throe e bon us of 10 per cent. paid by the Erie Railway on all s e , ia gh traffic, which will probably reach £lOO,OOO per colz:e' additional), the earnings having increased since the th e 'ecocement of the year by 100 per cent. This, even at Pay ment exchange , would leave a large surplus, after Polder -- " e at of the interest in gold on the bonded debt. The 1t to increase the fares will of course be exeicised, if the Th e e xceptional rates of exchange should continue. late' ) total bonded debt over the whole system of the . At the ' e and Great Western Railway is £3,600,110, and with puOlception of proceeds of bonds £1,755,070, held by the by t he line has been constructed with funds advanced bee-4Pitalists whose anticipations of profitable results have pe e l V,a,r more than realised . ; the railway, although only Venn 1137 developed, exhibiting returns of traffic . and re eX re e W hich may without exaggeration be designated un see, this undertaking was projected, it was foundneces tbrJol4l-0 obtain powers for i ts construction from each St ate org a jh which it would pass. This compelled independent retiveisatious and separate financial arrangements; the in it i s ,atence attending which has become so manifest, that tait:`_ltet.rnined to consolidate the whole line under one ad tietil,et9etion, Pending the completion of legislative . enact bebte, it has been resolved to issue Sterling Certificates of Per e T t are, payable in three y ears , b ear i ng i n t eres t a t 8 eon s -lt • Per annum, which interest is guaranteed by the wi th titildre,ed Bank ; and th e Princip a l s e cu r ed by a d e p osi t exeh:ao Trustees of Bonds and Shares amounting at usual age th e to £4,230,403. 4, ends and Shares so deposited will be kept at the Form Engla n d, i n t h e names o f the Trustees, and the b e i. ea s of D ec l aration of Trust to be executed by iem may Lo a :: Pected at the office of Messrs. Freshfields and New he We a ,' Erie Railway, of which the Atlantic and Great th e 'ern is practically an extension, upon a mileage of about fit e : tt aao extent, but constructed at a cost nearly three ohl y - ,as great, has earned in the present year sufficient not d ead ' o ° , Pay interest on all its bonded debt, but also a divi• Pre et .;,, 7 10 per cent. on ordinary stock. The Atlantic and 111 c eie ,7 e Stern Railway, in addition to its thr nigh traffic Pete ° , l — "ort with the Br ' ie, has almost a monopoly of the oth er ! I lea traffic in Pennsylvania, with vast coal fields, and e ee estr i :P. or tant sources of local revenue. The cost of its 'ebe e „ e ct larl having been so much less, and its mortgage t tt le , -- ;""eluently so much smaller, an threesssured trap° \ : 1 4 1 - ; I NQal, it is estimated that in the years, during laaa ei ',Le certificates of debenture run, the payment of the 2'0 4 , 1 Will be provided for out of revenue alon . e. ° nib," Directors of the Erie Company have manifested the ji';„ 4ti en 1 . b. they hold the Atlantic and Great . 14-ero Railway, slc and the opinion they entertain of va t t heir o by contracting to supply for its use,. , a ' st rilin g 11 expense, rolling stock to the cxtentof one 'milieu Th st eu : ~Allantic and Great Western Railway has been con ebiele4 1 1 Thomas W. Kennard, C.E., as engineer•in epe . f ttd und er th e i titme di Ato super i n t en d ence o f en ne nced agent o f M essrs P ete arid B etts. A re trona S r S. Mor the works ton Pete B art is an , • 1 f:zed, showin g that have been executed the most substantial manner. Appended are some , r f atistics, derived from official return s , re l at i ng to the in tease in the.earriege eastwards of produce during the past years h earsfrom sime of the chief cities of the West, with d. traffic the Atlantic and Great Western Railway is t ro l e atlY connec ed ; from these figures the causes of it s ~r:tordinaiy revenue may be deduced. 12:4"Certificates of Debenture are i n sums of £lOO, £5OO, 41 ,f 00 each; with Coupons attached for interest at 8 for t C Ot. Per annu m , payable half-ye a rly. T he i nterest h an ti whole term will be guaranteed by the Consolidated with whom securities have been lodged. ax e a price o f i ssue i s fi xe d a t 00 ; an d t h e i nsta l ments P a Yoble as follows :- 10 Per cent on application. lo ~ allotment. 15 •• 17th January, 1865. 15 37th February, ~ 17 17th March, 18 ~ 17th April, 15th May less coupon £4 per cent due on that day. 9) Ler, he certificates will be paid off at par, on sth Nevem flt Th e ‘• interest on the investment, including the redemption 11 4, - A r ) t ie upwards o f 12 p er cent, per annum, exc l us i ve o f " 8 " On deferred instalments. iNeibecribers have the option of paying any or all of the Pe r tt e n 7 cent s in advance, and will be allowed a discount of 8 A f e , l lt• per annum on such payments. 0 13 , Ler allota et finalep will be issued to ' bearer." On toe bl eat of the nstalment, the scrip will be exchanged eola certificates c of debenture w bray guaranteed interest t °ll ar attached, payable 15th and 15th November in .Ye, 9, Great George-street, Westminster, November 4, 1864. 8413IttEL GURNEY, Esq., M.P. a r 51.0 4 . P. KENNARD, Esq., and Trustees. C HARLES N OZLEY, Esq. ar Sirs,—You are aware that at the request of the i Tile - A 4t !late furnishing the funds for the construction of 'a k Atlantic and Great Western Railway, my Firm under ),(l° th t e -e tave responsibility of the supervision of the Works ~.Lcti me, to bo executed uuder a contract with Mr and from the plans and designs of Mr Thomas .la,c el luard, th e engineer-in-chief of the Railway. I te `:re the works were commenced, my Firm sent one of :le tn c lt s . t experienced agents, who had superintended the 1 4 P1 e .. 1°4 of several large works, and who had been in its ;;a4 z .." upwards of thirty years, and entrusted to his the "le supervision of the various works to be executed .1t , ttailway, e nd t.lB.,(ltze both to Mr. Kennard, the Engineer-in-Chief, i s m qce; 1,- McHenry, the Contractor, that I should state s vae la ; 'LIM the position we occupied, which might have 'ake t ," 4 irividious one, has not in the slightest degree par ,of that character Every recommendation of cur rictiera been at once cheerfully carried out, and Mr. e Et r Y has executed his contract with an honest desire a Y o ut every engagement in a fair and liberal spirit. ° the "h e has been ballasted and laid in a style fully equal L AVo r "eat of our English railways, while the extremely t 7.11111 e - :A ble nature of the country through which it passes ~`ettt--,tered necessary so few works of art, that its main :44-Z? s eed tot exceed the average cost per mile of our - Nai r ; at home. The stations throughout are of ample ttae -Nair; sad the siding accommodation fully equal to m eats of the traffic. k ti nes„ be very satisfactory to you to find that the En. res'sill3,-cbief states in his last report that the traffic at the ei.,,ulcae is sufficient to pay, at the then price of gold, ,; l uead on all the Consolidated Bonds of the entire ri h t 64 ol ll t t°i ng them not to be issued to a greater extent than Ceal thi P. (six thousand five hundred ounds sterling) per q Estimates and . predictions are so often talsi that th* B ht th Is fact becomes peculiarly valuable, the more so P r esent time the Rolling Stock i s no t more than requirements of the local traffic; and when the m? 1.;17; ling ' tc 'ek: to be provided under' the agreement with 4ilire C ompany is laced on the line, these increased 4 di e 8 cm:4lot fail to placed on the line, these increased to be provided under the agreement with fall to produce an amount of traffic far ex to i t 4 t_he estimates which have been prepared in regard 41 , 3 dear Sirs, for Betts and self, yours faithfully, S. MORTON PETO. reath ile n the C Rrr i sge of Produce from West to East dur -6 Past Five Years derived from Official Returns. CHICAGO. 1 850 . Total Grain. F a t Cattle. Pigs. 18 60 ........ 1 0,751,138 bshls. .. 32,500 .. 110,216 8 6 ,. ....... 3 1,108,759 92,000 .. 227, 64 186 ' • ...... 1 ,18',8 7 ••. 1 5,009 .. 280,091 28 63 ......... 56,487,110 " •.. 107, , 66 .. 991,135 ..... 51,7 11,639 197,314 .. 862,200 MILWAUKEE. 1 85,„ Total Grain. 4, 0 ............ 6 550,896 t shis. .......... 9,998,0 0 „ 452 ......... 18 4 .............. 1 8, , 732,389 ~ ...... —16,992,3 i 5 TOLEDO. Pork,l3 ef, Lard and Tallow. .. 10,206,400 lbs. GO „ 14,681,103 „ .. 30,553,468 „ .. 41,6)9,55; ~ 188 6 Flour. Wheat. 186 1 ..'• •S' 3,700 brls. 5,013,33 i bshls. . 186 2 ..... 1,37 2, . 11 6,2 ,-1 6,936 ~ „ • ... 1,585 325 111 9,827,629 „ BUFFALO. Cattle, Piga, and Sheep. 209,6' 8 281,495 481,804 Cattle, Pigs, Isi o . Total Grain. and Sheep. I g6, ..... . „ 18 ••• . • 0 7,089,461 bshls. 14,040,303 lbs. , 42 . ..... 61 ,46 ,, 601 .: 83 .: .. .... .... • 7272:454 25,999,823 „ 1(7,129,461 „ 1 4 re sh , , . 64 ,735,570 „ 149,428,894 „ I.Bfro, It'eahBWP_ET,ROLEUM, in the carriage of which this leu ni ,__ fly as principally the monopoly : v " ) aucel in 1859 .. •, nObbls. of 40 gallons I) 18649 ~ 5n,000 ~ " 1 861 .. 550,000 „ „ Th e " 1862 .. 2,000,0(0 „ ~ li e Cl MI, eveiaZ; B ra nch 63 .. 2,220,000 „ ~ ' 4 ,14 en li. _ of the Atlantic and Great Western ag ci to the full extent of its capacity in the A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, Mr. R. R. BIGNELL. THIS EVENING, Reappearance at these Rooms, for a short series, of the celebrated M. LEVY, the Paganini Cornet-a-Piston Player. The Whirlwind Polka—(3 Waltz—Carnival of Venice; in addition to some Novelties. Selections at 9 o'clock. Conductor—M. L. CURTI. Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. TMEET H. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTIS rRY. —Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. P It IZ E ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) • The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to 'he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dlmitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. .. • . 28. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .................Is. sd. per lb Second quality is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Is. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., t,South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the manufacture 01 Wax Candles for the use of We Altar. N°. 22,597. carriage of Iron, the Ore from the mines of Lake Superior, and in shipping Coals in return ve:sels. These Mine., pro duced, in Iron Ore. 65,679 tons. Cop r er. _6,04: tons. 1859 1863 280,000 „ 10,( 00 „ TRADE OF CINCINNATI.—SOme idea ( f the enormous growth o' trade at the West may be formed from the follow ing statement of the va ue of the Imports and Exports o' le Kling staples at ' incinnati : Dols Dols. 1838-59 l6O, 220,954 1861- 62 179,733,695 1859-60 180,384,404 1 62-63 ........246,517,384 1860-61 147,226,262 1863-61 578,870,362 ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA -OHIO. No FORM OF APPLICATION. (To to retained by the Bankers.) To the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited). Having paid to the Consolidated Bank (Limited) the sum of £ , I hereby request you will allot me Certificates of Debenture of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and I hereby agree to accept such Certificates of Debenture, or any css number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the instalments thereon, accord ing to the terms of the Prospectus. I am, your obedient Servant, Signature Address in full . Date T HE BAUGPARAH TEA ESTATES COMPANY OF ASSAM (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1812. Capital £210,000, in 20,000 Shares of £lO each. First issue 10,000 shares. 10s. per Share on application ; 10s. on allotment. No Call to exceed £1 per Share, or to be made at a less Interval than three months from a previous Call. Where no Allotment is made the Deposit Money will be re turned in full. A minimum Dividend, payable half-yearly in July and January. of 10 per cent. per annum, for three years, is secured to the Shareholders, to the satisfaction of the Directors. DIRECTORS. Henry Constable, Esq. (of the firm of Henderson and Con stable, 40, Cannon-street, E.C., and Widmore House, Brom ley, Kent), Chairman. G. Bone, Esq. (Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee', 44, Minories. A. Cohn, Esq. (late of the firm of Cohn, Feilm nn, and Co., Calcutta), 23, Cullum-street, E.C. *W. Eames, Esq., Calcutta, and Dibrooohur, Assam. C. Seaton, Esq., 45, St. George's- , oad, Eccleston-square. J. G. Sturch, Esq. (Director of the Sugar Refining Company, Limitert), 21, Mincing-lane, E.C. T. Teil, Esq. (of the firm of John Teil and Co., Calcutta), Kid derpore House, Boltons, Brompton. . _ * This gentleman will join the Board when the Estates are transferred. CALCUTTA AGENTS. Messrs. John Teil and CO. BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, E.C. BANKERS IN CALCUTTA. The Chartered Mercantile Bank of In ia, London, and China. SOLICITOR Clarence Harcourt, Esq , 2, King's Arms-yard, E.C. BROKERS. Mcssre. Smith and Binney - , -- 5 - , Angel-court, Throgmorton stieet; AUDITORS. Messrs. Deloitte, Greenwcod and Deve - , 4, Lotbbury, E.C. SECRETARY PRO TEM. T. R. Eames, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. St. Michael's House, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and further developing five valuable lea Estates in Assam al - in profitable cultivation. - - - The Est tes comprise fu ly *,600 acres, of which 500 acres are already p anted in Tea gardens- 1 25 being of four and five years' growth, 50 of three years,22s of one and two years. and 100 just planted. The whole of the lands are held direct from Government, either in fee simple, or redeemable in fee simple by the payment of ss. per acre, or on a perpetual lease from the Government paying 2s. per acre per annum. The vendor pledges himself that the yield from the full bearing plants was in the year 1862, 180 chests ; in the year 1863, 250. The estimate for this is 4 0 chests ; and for the year 1865 at least COO chests, and 120 maunds of seed The vend , rwill act as Managing Director, and remain in Assam on the Estates for the space of three years. The purchase-money is fixed at £50,000, payable £5,000 within one month from the da e of allotment, £2,500 tour months from said date, £2,5 0 seven months from said date, and £5,000 ten months from said date, and the residue in five annual instalments, commercing in January, 1864, with in terest at 5 per cent. The Directors have the ption of pay ing £14,003 of any such instalments, in fully paid-up shares of the Com. ariy, which Shares shall only participate in the dividend to the extent of calls made. The vendor defrays all expenses incidental to the forma tion of the Company up to the allotment of :hares. The Articles of As=ociation ,nd Contra t with the vendor may he seen at the Offices of the Company. Prospectuse, with Forms of Applications for Shares, may be obtained of the Bankers, solicitor, Brokers, Auditors, and at the Offices of the Company. rLFIE BAUOPARAH TEA ESTATES COMPANY OF ASSAM. The SHARE LIST of this COMPANY will be CLOSED on THURSDAY next, the Ist December, for Tow.; ; and FRIDAY, the 2d December, for the Country. By Order. T. R. EAMES, Secretary pro tem. St. Michael's House, 2lth Nov., 1864. N OTloE.—Crowded Houses ; Triumphant Success.—St. James's-hall.—Professor ANDERSON'S Non-preternatural Mystery of Rope-tying, or so-called " Spiritua•• Manifestations," illustrative of the bio-dynamic forces, which have created so great an amount of discussion in literary and scientific circles, will (BY GENERAL REQUEST) be intr duced in the WORLD of MAGIC and the MARVELS of SECOND SIGHT every evening during the week, and on Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.—St. James's hall, Regent-street and l' ccadilly. St ills, 34.; balcony, 2s. ; area, ls. 82c1 representation. GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH. THE SOLDIER'S LEGACY.—Mr. GERMAN REED'S New Opera di Camera TO-NIGHT, at Eight, entitled THE SOLDIER'S LEGACY, composed by G. A. Macfarren, Esq, and written by John Oxenford. Esq., in which Miss R. Henderson, Mr. Whiffin, Mr. P. A. Shaw, and Miss Poole (by the kind permission of the New Opera Com pany), will appear. Concluding with TOO MANY COOKS, sustained by Miss D'Este Finlayson, Mr. J. A. Shaw, and Mr. Whiffin.—ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 2s. ; stalls, Is. ; stall chairs, ss. ; may be secured in advance without fee. E 0 X F OR D, A, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury 11411 Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (OffPnbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving- an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King - of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and chorus; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a , d final Minu t and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. Gran:l Revival of NORMA (Norma, Miss Russell' ; Adel gisa, Madame Maria`; and Selecti ons f rom M A RTH A an d LA TRAVIATA ; together with Locke's celebrated Music to MACBETH. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. LE PETIT BLONDlN—Positively the Last Week. LE MONSTRE CHARME, by M. SILVESTRE. Ihe D'AUBANS in their famous Character Sketches Comedy, by Mr. wiLLIAn RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, and all the procurable Talent of the day. Instrumental Solos, A c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). PERFUME and BOIIQUET, the NEW OPTICAL ILLU SION, in which the whole resources of the establishment are brought into requisition, written by Mr. W. F. Vandervell. The usual Operatic Selections, the Anthropophsginian, Comedy by Mr. W. Randal', T. Stacey, W. Hilton, and the Wondrous Indian Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Hilton and Kelley. Also, Every Evening', at Nine o'clock, that Wonder of the Age, LE PE rir BLONDIN, being the last week of his engagement. Admission—Arca, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, established upwards of 29 years at the Bazaar, Baker- street. Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, is now added. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. .1 N E IV SP.:P Eli, ---' _, ....- c ..._ _,_ _____. --_____ 1 , 0,..--, r-0 C....., -tt-- m0ni : 07 „ :.:1 :.. 1 „., , - 4:. .. ...: .:: - , : i . .....: 0 '... - . - - - - --- r .....- --., A . •.,,,,,,t- L -. . ~- a (. u • _ . . ... • -• . ..- ....,... - - : „..a-,. 5 ., ...,. 5. 4.; ...,...,..+,,, ... . a. - uf ,. , ...„.... • • ‘ ~, I / -- i . - . 7.-.- , :::. b•-i.-1-dp A- ' -tt '%/ ? , - 4 : _,,,,...... .- _.. . . )- ' ‘ , 5Y• -, -- 'i l e• . 1.. :X.Ve. ' r I , lat Lon ..,. ...v - ' • . __ • i , • 'k - . . :„%Z. I4 Zil , , 4; ,$l, , -.!._ • '''. ,_. i , ...... ...,,, . • , i 2 - k' i• . 4 ' 41111 """mi......- . .. . *l' . k-*:', - .. - •.• •:' 2 ?i - 1 - ,, t , ' .Z .. r ' , N.... 4 ''' - '471 -. ..111111: 1 ",, : • • 7 ri,,- — • , . 1 .- - 1 4 Z e f t -14 - 1., - , ..„.„..„-- ~.- ..„. , - _ Zi ofr tit 'st widely circulated th em . l cotton ho wi ll f orward the informatton w hich may be obtained. The report from the island of Boa: Visa, Cape Yard, states that only in that island is any cotton grown, and there merely in small (pan. titics for local consumption. The population being very scanty and poor, although the island has a large surface of land capable of producing cotton, there is but little probability that the cultivation will extend without the aid of foreign capital and enterprise. The irregularity of the rains is a great drawback. -A sample of the cotton grown at Boa Vista has,been forwarded. A despatch from Smyrna reports that the injury done to the cotton'crop in that district and also in that of Ana by the late continual heavy rains , which only coand on the 27th of Or.loher, has been very extensive, and owinK to the cold w eat h er the podgy are in a vary hKek-- ward state; it is calculated that not more than 60,000 to 60,000 bales can he exi:ected from the diss t - rict of Suay ma, and about 40,000 bE les frctn Actiro. A despatch forwarded by El:e PRICE ...... ...Id. STAMPED ....sd. bers and very purity amongst our popu.a- tions. The first effort then was to conquer a solid basis for the science in the recognition and identfi cation of existing types ; and the next, to study the phenomena presented by living peoples, and from the changes which are being rff,cted and the Evolu tions in progress to endeavour to determine the value and signification of the types in our possession in other words, to eliminate tic laws that hsve governed their origin and presided over their development. A lively discus. , ,ion fellowe., in which Mr C: en ford, Professor Busk, Dr Hodgkin, Dr Hunt, Mr Nash, and the President were speaktrl. The new fellows elected were Viscount Milton and H. Danby Seymour, Esq., M.P. Important papers on the discovery of human res mains and flint implements near Caithness, by Mr Lang, Professor Huxley, and Mr John Evans, were announced for the next meeting, which it was thought would attract an unusually lerge audience. EffiCe, was received from the Governor of G.:lnbia, showirg het the cultica:ion of cotton hoc v incr3Ertd Cotton Supply Association. At the usual meeting of the Executive Committee, held on Tuesday, Nov. 22, a letter was read, forward ing a pod of cotton recently plucked at Pompeii, and Mating that the writer, when at Naples about a month ago, was much gratified to find so large an area in the neighbourhood under cotton cultivation He thinks gins are needed as he saw numbers of women and girls outside the cottages picking out the seed very carefully. A letter from St Marian, West Indies, reports that cotton is extensively cul tivated in that island, that the returns are remune. rative, and free labour cheap. The writer desires pecuniary assistance. A letter received from Go vernment-house, Antigua, states that cotton culti vation has greatly increased in that island—num bers are planting from 50 to 100 acres, and if the price does not fall below is per lb. there will be a very handsome return of £2O per ecre. The writer is extending his own efforts in conjunction with a very experienced planter. Samples of cot ton were received from the Governor-in- Chief of the Leeward Islands, which have been cleaned by the saw and Macarthy gins for the purpose of ascertaining the effect produced by each machine, A letter was read describing the efforts made by her Majesty's Counsel at the Navigator's Islands, South Seas, to induce the natives to grow cotton, and stating that he himself has about 25 acres under cultivation, The grant of a gin was made to assist the natives in their exertions, and as the climate is represented to be highly suitable, satisfactory results are anticipated. A circular was read from tha Foreign-officestating that the Franco- Swiss treaty, lately concluded, will reduce the French import duty on silk ribands 60 per cent, the advantages of which will be shared by British industry. Consular reports were received from the Foreign-office on the cultivation of cotton in Syria and Cyprus, Latakia, Tripoli, Bagdad, Bussorah, Moussul, Crete, Mexico, Central America, and Cape Verd Islands, Her Majesty's Consul-General at Beyrout reports that in Syria and the Island of Cyprus 25,140 acres were planted with cotton in 1863, and 53,000 acres in 1864—that 22,000ib of exotic seed were used in the former year, and 62,7501 b, in the latter. The pro duce in 1863 was 3 ,975,0001 b., and this year it is expected to be 8,900,0001 b., the greater part of which is now sent to England. The crops present a promising appearance, and are likely to be abun dant. They would be greatly increased by irriga tion, which is prevented by the general scarcity of water. Batter protection on the part of the Go vernment is needed to prevent in the Ssuth of Syria the incursions of the nom:d tribes, and in other parts the ujust (Xlctions of tax gatherers ant petty governors. The permission to Enrop:ans to hold land would be of great advantage, and would speedily lead to an improved system of agri culture. In the Vice-Consular district of "La takia the Extent of laud planted with cotton has not been ascertain/El, but the produce which in 18E3 was 200,000 okcs of 21 1, each, is e x;cctEd this year to be 400,000 ekes, which is sent to Marseilles and Liverpool. The cotton crop is ti. The Sheffield Inundation Subscription. A case of great interest to all who joined in the national subscription for the relief of the distress at Sheffield was decided in the Court of the Inundation Commission in Sheffield yesterday. Our readers will recollect that in the course of a few wteks after the disaster a subscription amounting to X 50,000 was raised in the county, and that sum was placed at the control of a committee, of whom the Mayor of Sheffield was chairman, and the sufferers were relieved by eleven district committees, wh•o disbursed many thousands of pounds in relieving the distress arising from the inundation. At that time the lia bility of the Water Company, under the famous Holmfirth clause in their Act of 1853, to make good all damage caused by the giving way of their works was fully admitted, but their ability to meet the enormous demand was not so clear. The Relief Committee, therefore. took promissory notes from some of the sufferers for the amounts they advanced, and in large numbers of other cases they got per. sons to sign deeds, assigning the whole of their in terest as against the Water Company to the Mayor, in consideration of these advances. Wnen the com pany goL their Act a question arose as to whether they were liable to pay to these sufferers the amounts which they had received from the Relief Committee, and the case was argued at great length before the COmmissiocers by Mr. Manisty, Q.C., for the . Mayor, and Mr. Pickering, Q C., for the W4ter Company. Mr. Manisty, on the part of the M:lyor, who sought to rccovcr the amounts he bad dvanced to the sufferers, argued that the Commis sioners hed nothing to do with the Relief Com mittee, and that their judgment as to compensation must go entirely irrespective of tLe obligations into which the claimants had entered with the Relief Committee. Oa the other hand, Mr Pickering sought to show that the company end the pubic were in the respective positions of assurer and es:.ured; that the contract between them was a contract of indemnity, and that if the assured had once been recouped, no matter if by,the hand of charity or otherwise, they could not claim against the com pany ; and he quoted the ease of Mr Pitt's debts, where Government stepped in after his death and paid his debts, and the Courts thereupon held that creditors who had insured his life for the satisfac tion of their (Mots could not recover from the in. surance offices. It was stated that the Mayor had abandoned all claim in cases where the amounts allowed were below £lO. The case excited great in- , terest, as it was understood that in the event of the Mayor recovering the sums advanced they would be added to the ample surplus in hand, and re turned pro rata to the subscribers, if the latter desire it. We ought to state here that in the course of Mr Manisty's argument it was shown that the question of the liability of the company bad been raised in Leeds and other towns, when sub scriptions were asked, and the public were explicitly informed that promissory notes and other securities were being taken from the recipients of the fund in order to keep alive the claim against the Water Com pany. Upon the faith of that assurance large num. bers subscribed. A crowded court assembled yester day to hear the judgment, which was delivered by Mr W. Overend, Q.C., chief commissioner. He said. —We are of opinion that in all cases the persons with whom the Commissioners have to deal are the sufferers by the inundation. They are the only claims ants whom we can recognise, and no arrangement between theta and third parties can dispense with the necessity of their appearing as the only claimants for compensation, The Mayor, therefore, not being a sufferer, has no locus standi before us, except that he has sent in a claim as agent for and in behalf of some sufferers. The sufferer, however, even in the latter case, will be the person in whose favour our order will be made. With reference to the question whether the claimants' title to compensas lion is extinguished or diminished by reason of their having received money either by way of gift or loan from the Relief Committee, we are of opinion that any payment or loan by such committee to such suf. ferers does not affect their right to ask for full com pensation from us to the same extent as if no such gift or loan had been made. It is no part of our pro vince to decide whether the money a warded by us to the claimants is after wards wholly or in part, accord ing to circumstances, to be paid over to the Mayor. We purposely therefore avoid pronouncing our opi nion on that question, although it is quite apparent that in the event of the deed or promissory notes which have been executed by some sufferers being valid securities, the parties who have given such securities may, on recovering compensation from. the Water Company, be liable for the amounts contained in those securities to the Mayor. We wish at the same ti me t o s t a t e that, by abstaining from giving any suc h decision, we hope th a t i t w i l l not be inferred that we desire to throw the slightest doubt upon their validity. knurled for a fortni g h t , The Court then ad. and will then meet again to hear the arguments in the great trade cases, in which questions of consequential damage are ind volved. We may add that while the company's witnesses in Parliament estimated the total damage at £350,000, th e c l a i ms sent in amount to £455,000,The claims f or property amount to .1.:378,166 ; for loss of life, £46,221 (238 persons were drowned) ; and for bodily injury, £21,776. cellent, and a considerable extent of virgin - soil has been turned up this year. The small quantity of Egyptian seed that was sown has answered so well that general regret is felt that all the seed grahr. tously distributed was not planted, as it does not require irrigation, and there is a determination to make use of it next year, The incfficiency of the Government, and the prohibition to Europeans to hold land are represented to be hindrances to the extension of cotton cultivation. In the district of Tripoli the production was insignificant in 1863, and only for local consumption; this year it is ex pected to be 50,000 okes. The cultivation will in.. crease if Government will protect the plantations and provide seed at a fair price without the inter. vention of those who wish to made a profit by it. The report from the province of Bagdad states that up to 1863 the produce was unequal to the local con sumption, and was supplemented by importations from Persia. The crops last year were almost de• stroyed by locusts. This year but little injury has been done, and the new lands planted with cotton are probably double the extent of previous years. Some American and Egyptian seed procured from Bombay was sown, and a considerable quantity of the latter has been brought from Suez for use in 1865. Tho country is highly favourable to the cul. tivation of cotton, but under the existing system but little encouragement is afforded. Applications from native speculators to undertake the caltiva, tion of land for a term of years at a fixed rental, and proposals from British merchants to introduce pumps for the purposes of irrigation, are met by Namik Pasha with the uniform answer that the time has not arrived for taking them into conside ration. in Bussarah, Turkish Arabia, 200 acres were planted with cotton in 1863, and 250 acres in 1864; the produce was 14,0001 b in the former year, . . and is expected to be 23,0001 b in the latter. The district is well adapted to cotton cultivation, and the only hindrances are the insEc lrity of pro% perty, the native dislike to innovation, and the scantiness of the population, In the province of Moussul about 18,000 acres of land are annually planted with cotton ; last year the produce was 2,377,3501 b., and the crops appear to promise a considerable increase, the extent of which cannot yet be ascertained. Cotton has hitherto been grown only for local consumption, In Crete it has not been found possible to ascertain the extent of land planted with cotton, but the produce, which was 1,170 cwt. in 1863, is expected Co be this year 4,000 cwt. The crops are promising, though in some parts they have been damaged by the early rains. But little use has hitherto been made of exotic seed, that of the country appearing to give a surer yield. In the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, the area planted with cotton from 1853 to 1862 was upon an average 40,240 acres, and during the last two years the increase has been about 50 per cent. The produce in 1863 was 2,500,0001 b , but this year it is not expected to ex• teed 2,500,0001 b. I❑ the past two years the crop has been nearly destroyed by the caterpillars. This plague appears to visit all the coast every 12 or 14 years, for one or two seasons, and then disappears. There is abundance of land suited for cotton, and labour can be obtained from the upper country. In the Republic of Salvador the extent of land planted with cotton has not been ascertained, and though under proper management the country could pro duce cotton, the people arc with ou t exper i ence in the cultivation and are only now becoming fully alive to its importance. Her Majesty's Consul at Pernam buco forwards a copy of a despatch received from the British Vice-Consulate, Paraiba, stating that the cotton crop having partially failed in many places from the want of rain the quantity grown will be less than was estimated, and according to general opinion will not reach 60,000 begs. Her Majesty's Consul at Mexico reports that he has had the queries of the association translated into Spanish, and having The Mission Government have completed the public lino of telegraph throughout European Russia and Siberia in Asiatic Russia to Kialthta, the frontier town of China. Kiakhta lies to the north-west of Pekin, and is distant about 750 miles from that city. It is, therefore, possible to send a communication from London to the capital of China in about four days. The line from St. Petersburg to Kiakhta extends over a distance of some seven or eight thousand miles, and its completion so far is an event of great importance, not only to European merchants, but also to the different Governments whose Ministers reside in the Celestial City. . r " Il in that calony during the last two yearn, and exw preszill a strong conviction that this branch of in dustry will be still further developed. The upper river is represented to be capable of producing et large quantity of cotton, and the use of Egyptikn seed is recommended in order to secure an im proved quality. A considerable quantity of nn. ginned cotton, it •is said, has been' exported to Germany. A sample of cotton received from Natal grown from Egyptian seed. A large number of samples of cotton grown this year throughout Italy forwarded by the President of the Royal Italian Commission, engaged the special attention of the committee, and well deserve the careful examina tion ofepinners and others. The collection comprises specimens of cotton grown in the various districts of Italy, and affords an illustration of what that country is able to produce. These samples may bg seen at the room of the association, and the inspect= tion of them is earnestly invited. An opportunity is thus afforded for forming a jadgetteirtcaftirevermymmiwill lity of Italian grown co tt on . Th e R oya l C omm i ss i on has determined to hold a second cotton exhibition in 1865, which will be opened in Naples in April next, and continued for a period of two months; To it all manufacturers of gins and agricultural imple ments are invited to send their machinery. 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The CHAIRMAN said, if Mr Swift would point out to him a single statement in those remarks maligning any one of her Majesty's subjects, he would withdraw it, ➢lr Swirl' repeated that there were statements in the pamphlet which were completely inaccurate, and which grossly maligned persons of the Roman Catholic religion. It was most improper that such statements should have been circulated with the county papers. Captain MORLEY, and several other magistrates, said they had received theirs quite separately from the county papers. The CHAIRMAN explained that a few had been sent ow with the county papers, but the rest he had sent out him self. Mr Cox said he was satisfied with the explanation, and the subject dropped. After some other business had been transacted, the Court adjourned. Ethnological Society. The second meeting of the present session of this attractive society was held at St. Martin's-place on Tuesday evening, Mr J. Lubbock, F.R.S., presid ing, when papers " On the Present State of Da. homey," by Captain R. Burton, and " On the Prin ciples of Ethnology," by Mr J. S. Prideaux, were read. Although the subject of Dahomey has been lately brought before the public by Capt. Burton's book, there was much matter in the paper for lively dis. cussion. The kingdom of Dahomey has been for so long a period notorious for the alleged inhuman rites incident on the accession of royalty, and on the annual commemoration of these events, that all authentic and reliable information possesses more than ordinary interest; and the paper commun!. cated on this occasion was the result of two visits in 1863 and 1864, and treated chiefly of the great custom, the precedence given to women and their employment as troops, and certain physiological characters of the natives. Since the first notice in 1724, by Mr Bullfinche Lambe, Dahomey has been the theme of copious writings and exaggerated accounts of sanguinary barbarities. The empire was founded soon after by 1620 by De, the youngest or second son of the King of Allada, within the domains of the King Awesu, the province of Uhwawe. The extent and population Capt. Burton also considered to have been grossly exaggerated in the published accounts, and not to be more at the present time than 36,000 square miles, contain ing 150,000 inhabitants, of which four.fifths were women and children—a population, not one third of what the land would support. Captain Snellgrove, in 1726, was the first Englishman that visited a Daheman monarch, since which time the practice of visiting the King has been regularly kept up. The stranger lands upon the beach of Whydah, congratulating himself upon escaping the sharks and the breakers. He is then escorted with great ceremony to the town it self, about 50 miles from the shore. It is a large but decayed settlement, and has recently been nearly entirely destroyed by fire. With respect to the grand custom, as the sanguinary rites per.. formed on the accession of a new monarch to the throne in honour of his deceased ancestors are termed, Captain Burton gives a more moderate ac count than we +aye been in the habit of hearing. In 1791 Mr Hogg and Captain Feyrer reported these ceremonies as lasting three months, with a sacrifice of not less than 500 men and a like num ber of women and children ; and in the last instance, in 1860, when Gellele, the present Sovereign, suc ceeded his sire, G:zo, he was reported to have pad dled himself in a MOO in a tank filled with the blood of the victims. Although we know from the missionary accounts that the slaughter was suffi• ciently awful, there can be no doubt the statements which were propagated at the time were greatly exaggerated, and that the latter adjunct to the sto ries had no other foundation than the digging of pits of about four feet square for the reception of the blood of the victims, who, moreover, are at both these grand customs as well es at their annual com. memorations entirely criminals under sentence for capital crimes. Upon every ordinary death an in quest is held for the purpose of ascertaining that it has not occurred through violence. The time of execution is during the hours of darkness ; and of these "evil nights" there were two in January, 1864. The public stay within doors under pain of death, and the King personally superintends the executions, the Premier, or "Mingan," and the " Men," or second Minister, also taking part in the tragedy. After death the bodies are exposed in the market place. But it is not at these " Customs "that the great loss of life takes place. Whatever ac:ion, however trivial, is performed by the King, it must be reported to his sire in the shadowy land, and a victim—altpcst always a captive—is chosen to convey the message delivered to bite. An intoxicating draught of rum follows, and he is dispatched in the best of humours. Capt. Burton had heard of only one case where the victim had objected to lose his life, and although on the last occasion of the annual custom Captain Burton procured the pardon of half the victims, not one thanked him. There is another peculiarity—the corporeal duality of the King, worthy of notice. The Monarch is two kings in one—the King of the city and King of the bush and country folk. Pre• cedence is given to the women over the men, and the King has a considerable army of Amazons, who are dressed in male uniform. When young they are compelled to dance and take other violent exercise, _ _ which readers them somewhat lean, bat as they advance in years they increase in weight, and many of them strongly require the treatment of Mr Bantitig. Of the elephant huntresses, the bravest of these women, 20 have been known to bring down at one volley seven animals out of a herd. At the attack in March, 1864, upon Abeokuta, these fe minine soldiers were not ccnspicuous for their valour, but much may be said in extenuation on their total want of scaling ladders and other neces• sary military appliances. In the discussion Mr Galton made some admir. able remarks on the commercial position of this large negro kingdom, and the chief causes of the interest taken by Europeans in the improvement of its condition. A. second paper, "Oa the Principles of Eth• nology," by Mr J, S. Prideaux, was read. The want of precision in language, the dis- cordance of opinion, the absence of order and method, so different from the regular and pro gressive growth of a system of ideas that has once attained a firm basis of truth to rest upon, _ . in the author's opinion, proclaimed that in ethnology, the reign of chaos had not yet ended. When so many industrious and intelligent workers have laboured so long and effected so little of a durable character, it excited a misgiving that their efforts had not been made in the right direction. In the first place, no science is possible without preci. sion of language. Mathematics afar an admirable illustration of the value of such accuracy of terms. On what foundations do the ethnological doctrines of the day regarding the populations of Western Europe rest ? They are an attempt to interpret the phenomena these populations exhibit by the narra- fives and traditions of the historical period; in other words, man :laving probably existed many hun- dreds of thousands of years, the varieties of features he presents are treated as the out-growth of the last 20 centuries. Celt and Saxon are exomples of mere sounds with vague and uncertain meanings. The task that lay before ethnologists, the author thought, was to study that which exists at the present time, and to endeavour to recognise the numerous types offered on all sides by nature to our view. Amidst all the amalgamations of races that have taken place nothing is more certain than that types of great antiquity are always present in considerable Inca- L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. NEW NOVEL IN "TEMPLE BAR," BY W. G. WILLS. DAVID CHANTREY. The openiug Chapters of this new Novel, by W. G. 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The minutes of the last Courts having been read, The CHAIRMAN informed the Court that since their last meeting, Mr Wright,, who h a d been for many years crier of the Court, had died, and that in the i n t er i m h e h a d di rec t e d Mr Rumbellew and M r Sawyer, a l rea dy o ffi cers o f th e Ccutt, to perform the duties. Ho moved that the election of a successor be referred to the General Purposes Committee in the usual manner, Mr LAURIE bore his testimony to the efficiency with which Mr Wright had discharged his duties during many years. He had formerly been confidential clerk to the late Sir T. Baker, the late county treasurer, who in his will had recommended him to the special care of his family. Mr H. M. KEMSR EAD expressed a hope t h a t among t h e i r present efficient offi c i als some one woul d b e found who would deserve the p re f erence of the C our t i n t h e appoint ment of a new crier. The question was referred to the General Purposes Committee. The report of the visiting justices of Coldbath• fields Prison, which contained some important suggestions on the question of dietary was brought up and ordered to be printed and circulated and taken into consideration next court day, The report of the visiting justices of the Westminster House of Correction, which proposed the adoption of the di e tary recommended by the Home Secretary, was also or dered to be printed and taken into consideration the next county day. Reports were also received from the visiting justices of the House of Detention and the Committee of Visitors of Hanwell Lunatic At ylum. Mr KEMSHEAD moved a resolution sanctioning the ex penditure of £1,500 for the erection of machinery, &c., to carry into effect a plan for the utilisation of the sewage of Hanwell Asylum, it having become necessary to relieve the river Brent of it. Mr Mizciiisox hoped that the lianwell visitors would take some means of deodor ising the sewage. At a former period when the farm at Feltham had been irrigated with sewage at least 75 per cent , of the boy s were attlicted with ophthalmia. Mr AN'rHROBUS said the attack of ophthalmia had no thing to do with the sewage. /dr LAURIE pointed out that the visitors were not about to try experiments merely for the fertilisation of the land. They were compelled to relieve the Brent of the sewage, and they believed that this was the most effectual and economi cal mode of disposing of it. Of c ourse the visitors would be glad of any suggestions. Mr WYATT said the plan had already been tried at Col ney-hatch with a considerable part of the sewage without any ill effects coming from it. Mr TRWAITES cordially supported the motion. He be lieved that a careful application of the sewage might to made without any of the ill effects apprehended by Mr Mitchinson, and uo doubt wi!h profit. The pollution of the running streams of the country was a subject to which the attention of Parliament would probably be called next session, even if legislation did not take place. Unless sonic• thing were done to stop this growing evil, he feared that an epidemic might take place, awl then Parliament would be called on to legislate in a panic. The motion was then agreed to. Mr Cox asked the Chairman for an explanation of a statement which he had seen in the public journals, signed by a magistrate then present, to the effect that an anony. mous pamphlet, in reference to a late discussion on the question of appointing a Roman Catholic chaplain to their gaols, had been printed and circulated at the expense of the county. He hoped to hear a denial of that statement. The CHAIRMAN said he must plead guilty to the charge, although it originated in a mistake. When he circulated the bill on the subject among the county magistrates, he had thought it right to append to it some observations of his own, and by some mistake those observations, in stead of being sent to his own printer, were sent to the county printer and charged for in the county accounts. The expense was just 41 1863 d, which, of course, he should hand